Tickets for Adele‘s North American tour go on sale this Friday. Along with the full tour, she’s playing a semi-private event in NYC this Friday – head over to Brooklyn Vegan and IHeartRadio to get more info and to win tickets.

Check the full list of tour dates after the jump, and go to Adele’s blog for some personal insight into her shows. Don’t forget to pick up the highly acclaimed new album 21 on February 22nd.

Videos of Adele are popping up all over the internet, and it’s all being archived on Adele.tv for “21 Days of Adele.” Each day they release another video or some kind of extra goodie. Besides that, she’s being praised by Perez Hilton and making fans cry with joy on VH1′s Unplugged, and even behind the scenes with the Viceland music blog.

21 is out is 18 days, on February 22nd. Head to Adele.tv to watch today’s feature, a live performance of “Don’t You Remember” for Country Music Television.

Adele absolutely kills this cover of Cheryl Cole‘s “Promise This” for BBC’s Live Lounge. Originally an upbeat dance song, Adele tones it down to show off her pipes, as she should. Lucky for us, it’s also a technique we hear in her upcoming album,21.

While the new album by Adele has not officially arrived in the US yet, the Euro scene and the savvy, impatient blogosphere is already eating it up. Some press highlights include:

“With just a piano as backing there are no layers to pull back or hidden meanings to uncover and its simplicity will leave you feeling the full effects of her beautiful make-your-hair-stand-on-end vocals. It’s an early shout, but it could very well be the album of 2011.” – Punchbowl Blog

Check out this video of Adele performing “Someone Like You” live in her home. Also an interesting tidbit of gossip to share with you all, according to sources, Adele has credited Sarah Palin with the success of her career here in the US. Adele gave a performance on SNL a few years back where Sarah Palin made an appearance as a featured guest. During an interview with Attitude to promote her upcoming album 21 she was heard saying this:

“Sarah Palin made my career by coming on that show. I saw the back of Sarah Palin, and I thought it was Tina Fey, and I fucking love Tina Fey, and I was, ‘Tina, Tina’. She didn’t even acknowledge me, she was just completely oblivious. Then Sarah Palin asked to come and meet me, and my gays were in the room, saying, ‘If she comes in, I’m leaving’. She cornered me and said hello. And I had a massive Obama badge on my tit”.